St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Cookies
Everyone's a little bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day! Use your heart-shaped cookie cutters to create these easy, adorable shortbread cookies.
Servings: 60 cookies (5 dozen)
Calories: 85kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cups unsalted butter
- 1½ cups confectioners' sugar
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- Royal Icing Recipe Also Below
- Green gel paste food coloring
- Crystal sanding sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. In a bowl, beat butter until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and blend together. Beat in egg yolks, vanilla and salt. Stir in flour until completely incorporated. Wrap and chill dough about 30 minutes.
- Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness and cut heart shapes with a 1- to 1½-inch heart cookie cutters. Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets for 8 to 10 minutes until slightly golden around edges. Cool completely.
- Ice cookies with a thin icing tinted green and sprinkle with white crystal sanding sugar. Arrange cookies to form shamrock shapes, then paint icing stems on serving platter with a small brush.
Notes
Royal Icing
Make icing by mixing together 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 4 tablespoons meringue powder and ⅓ cup water. Mix until icing is the consistency of cold honey. Cover or use immediately.- And for the stems! A small brush of icing on the plate will make the cute shamrock stems. And for the lucky ones, a four-leaf clover instead of three!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 85kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 11mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 166IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
